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flexpeaker: paper-thin speakers could mean your e-newspaper might one day read itself to you

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Wouldn’t it be cool if your could get some speakers that are even thinner than that ultra-slim flat TV you’ve got hanging on the wall? Well you might not have to wait long thanks to this new technology that produces speakers that are as thick as a sheet of paper. And did I happen to…

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October 8th, 2009 comments stumble it! digg it! author: technabob

filed under: audio future tech strange + wonderful technology

little robot clock tells time, holds on to your stuff

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I always dreamed of the day that I could have my own tiny little robotic army that hangs out on my desktop to do my bidding. While these little robot clock dudes don’t exactly do all of my bidding, they do tell the time, and they look good doing it.

The aptly named “Little Robot…

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September 17th, 2009 comments (2) stumble it! digg it! author: technabob

filed under: design just plain fun robots timepieces

abyss led table lamp looks like my lower intestine

Abyss LED Table Lamp by Kundalini

I don’t care if this lamp conjures up memories of my colonoscopy. It’s still cool.

The undulating twists and turns of Kundalini’s Abyss table lamp may look a bit like your intestinal tract, but there’s something about the bendy organic form that I find mesmerizing.

The Abyss can be adjusted into a variety of shapes,…

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October 15th, 2008 comments (4) stumble it! digg it! author: technabob

filed under: design strange + wonderful

this colorful usb hub is fun and flexy

The Flexible Chromatic USB Hub will delight you with bright hues and a flexible design. You can fold and stretch it to your heart’s content, all while you do your USB thing.

This gadget reminds me of those toys that have colored blocks of wood connected by fabric straps, that can go either direction. You’ll…

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October 5th, 2008 comments (1) stumble it! digg it! author: karen m.

filed under: gadgets

esquire e-ink display proves nearly indestructible

While the October 2008 issue of Esquire magazine got lots of buzz in the marketplace with its E-Ink cover, I have to say I was pretty underwhelmed by the less than exciting visual produced by the blinking display. That said, the real magic of the electronic ink display tech could be its sheer durability.

In…

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September 23rd, 2008 comments (12) stumble it! digg it! author: technabob

filed under: digital imaging hacks + mods technology

space invaders bendiboard keyboard: who says aliens are inflexible?

Space Invaders Bendiboard Keyboard

Just weeks after I got my hands on my new light-up LED keyboard, now I’m drawn to a new keyboard that I think I need on my desk. The ubiquitous invaders from space have adorned many a product, and now you can think about those aliens every time you sit down at your computer to…

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September 2nd, 2008 comments (1) stumble it! digg it! author: technabob

filed under: gadgets retro video games

wallpaper speakers could become a reality

Wallpaper Talking

Ever heard the saying “If these walls could talk”? If this invention ever makes it into production, your walls soon could get a voice of their own. This new technology has the potential to turn just about any surface, including your walls, into a speaker.

Johns Hopkins materials scientist Michaely Yu and his team claim…

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May 27th, 2008 comments stumble it! digg it! author: technabob

filed under: future tech

time-it led watches bring back the slap-happy 80s

Time-It LED Watches

These LED watches may be brand new, but they draw at least some of their inspiration from those tacky 1980s slap bracelets. You know, those stupid flexible wristbands covered in leopard prints or zebra stripes that came flat, but you had to slap onto your wrist to wear.

The Time-It series of watches is designed…

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March 18th, 2008 comments (6) stumble it! digg it! author: technabob

filed under: retro timepieces

etree el lamp: make like a tree and get out of here

ETree Electroluminescent Lamp

This amazing floor lamp uses strands of brilliant electroluminescent tubes to form into an nearly infinite number of flowing organic shapes.

Designed by Jesus Felipe and Silvia Grimaldi of UK-based Nimble Critters, the ETree lamp is more of an interactive sculpture than simply a lamp. Each of the light’s 10 bluish-green “branches” can be bent…

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November 30th, 2007 comments (2) stumble it! digg it! author: technabob

filed under: design interactive

1mm thick flexible plasma display in the works

Shinoda Thin Plasma Prototype

At this week’s CEATEC show in Japan, Shinoda Plasma Corp. showed off a prototype of a new plasma-based screen that’s only 1-millimeter thick.

By using an array of plasma “tubes” aligned between film electrodes, they’re not only able to keep the display super slim, but the display can actually be bent. While it might not…

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October 4th, 2007 comments (3) stumble it! digg it! author: technabob

filed under: future tech video

lg philips show off a flexible color screen

LG.Philips LCD Flexible Display

This week, LG.Philips LCD showed off a breakthrough in flexible displays when they announced the successful creation of an A4 (14.1-inch) color E-paper display.

The display is the largest full color (4096 colors) flexible display to date, and is visible from a full 180-degree viewing angle. Since the flexible panels only require power when the…

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May 14th, 2007 comments (1) stumble it! digg it! author: technabob

filed under: future tech

ge working on oled lighting

GE OLED White Light Source

OLED (organic light emitting diode) technology has been gradually gaining momentum as a display medium for everything cell phones, portable media players and even some upcoming computer monitors. But did you know OLED can be amped up enough to generate a meaningful source of illumination?

GE Global Research has been working on a prototype of…

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March 30th, 2007 comments (2) stumble it! digg it! author: technabob

filed under: future tech

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